Does new bill make it too easy to become a licensed Florida teacher?

A proposed new bill aims to help fill Florida classrooms with more teachers by easing what it takes to become certified and how long candidates have to prove they deserve that teaching certification.
“We have very, very good teachers and we want to keep those very good teachers in the classroom and give them time needed to hone their craft,” said first-time Senator Corey Simon, a Tallahassee Republican who introduced the bill.
The bill includes provisions that would extend temporary teaching certificates for teachers from three to five years and gives aspiring teachers more options to prove they are qualified to teach.

[@Glomonkey]

The test doesn’t make someone more or less qualified, the teaching practice test is important but all others isn’t. If you have a college degree you clearly know what you’re doing.

[@skybaby1970]

Maybe they should raise teacher salaries to attract more qualified teachers. Teacher should know general knowledge WTF. There is a teacher shortage because why pay 40,000-120,000, for a four year degree that gives you a shity salary. You could work a minimum wage job and make the same. It is ridiculous. Instead of wasting money on all this private school BS, pay teachers more and you will attract better talent.

[@sekokhan5307]

Well the requirements ridiculous for the amount of work and responsibility the they do and the low salary they make so eother raise the salary which will prib not happen or lower the requirements, no one is going to go through the hassel of certifications to make 14$ an hour

[@buckdraper303]

Any young person aspiring to be a teacher needs to run, not walk, away from this profession in Florida. It's is a terrible, thankless job. You will be poor your entire life. Trust me, the praise lawmakers give teachers is empty B.S. You will be constantly pressured to do more and more in the classroom and your pay will NEVER reflect that. You will not be respected by administration and most of the public in general. This bill proves they'll take any hobo off the street to do the job. Your "valued" teaching degrees and certifications are useless.

[@ggefryg]

Are you okay with the teacher shortages, the low academic performance in school, and the indoctrination of children in public schools by CRT; the rotten and failing schools in low income communities that have no other choice but to send them to those schools due to their zip code?

[@isabellaflorentina7574]

Listen to buckdraper. RUN, don't walk, away from teaching in Florida.

[@jrm371]

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[@DanielGennaro]

I actually have a bachelors in communications and a Masters in public affairs, and I have wanted to teach for a few years now, but obviously I don’t want to go back to school again. So I’ve been looking at alternative certification routes. There still isn’t a clear answer for me how to become a teacher in California or several other states. They keep saying the new teachers so badly and there is a shortage but I don’t see how this process isn’t streamlined or easily understandable. A lot of people will criticize the process and think that we are bringing lesser qualified teachers in, but that is not the truth, the problem is with higher education and the fact that it is constant siloization. Go to school for four years for a certain subject, and you only really get to see your concentration studies in the last two years if that, so by the time you’re halfway through, you might not even find out if this major is right for you or not. And by that time it is too late to switch unless you want to throw all that money down the drain. So most people like myself just complete the degree. We need more majors that are broadly focused and applicable to different things. And in the short term we definitely need alternative routes to become a teacher. Besides I think that most teachers, are so limited to teach strictly from the required books that their personal knowledge only goes so far.

[@isabellaflorentina7574]

Those tests are the most basic tests. If someone can't them they should not be a teacher. By lowering the bar for obtaining a teaching certificate, they are spitting in the face of all the veteran teachers who have dedicated their lives to this career and who are highly skilled and can pass the tests without any problems. Stop lowering the bar.... just pay teachers what they deserve.

[@jrm371]

Skipping a general knowledge exam is ridiculous. The test is not very difficult.

[@conservativelens]

Give that money teachers

[@truthbetold2146]

For some individuals that would make highly effective teachers we not be able to pass those tests…. Since 2015, a passing score on the test requires 75% accuracy

[@conservativelens]

If you can't pass the exam, you shouldn't be teaching.

[@toyacofield]

What bill is this???? I need this I have A BA and I can’t even get A temp who can I talk to about this

[@growwithchelle7963]

I went thru the same thing